BMW iX3 1000 km challenge 

One problem I see, it’s only 2WD for a SUV in this price range. Else, it’s a good car

@@minicirco In the end it comes down to personal preference.

Would not say they were late to the party. I think they were among the first, but figured they were overdressed & the party seemed to go nowhere. They then went home, put on their old clothes, and checked out the place that you can rely on to provide a party day-in and out. On their way home they checked into the first party again and surprisingly found it was now going strong and worthy of presence. That's that for Friday evening. Gonna see whats up on Saturday..

B...B..BUT the 5 years that Tesla is ahead ;-).... There are things Tesla is good at, no question. But the whole narrative that they are so far ahead and the whole industry is doomed, is thankfully falling apart.

Hi Chris !! :)

Me too... I'm hoping i get the face-lift version!

He just says it wrong, its Schweinehund of course!

Swinehound?

Veel te vroeg, HET IS WEEKEND

this is pretty bad. it's hard to view them as a committed EV manufacturer when they abandon customers a few months after purchase. doesn't do their reputation any good

Thank you very much :) I will consider it if I can get my hands on one.

Yes and the lack of an 4WD option, it‘s a little bummer in that price range

The outside looks a lot similar to other BMW models, but I’m pretty sure they redesigned everything you can’t see so that it’s packaged efficiently

Trucks charge at ionity and 150kw charger pulling over 400A for 60 minutes sometimes. Bjorn even made a video about those electric trucks. Has to be the car.

@@harsimranbansal5355 OK then 👌 thanks and it makes sense 👍

Well, the i4. I'm curious how that will handle in real life.

How fast did he drive? If he drove faster than 130 km/h then it's not the same as my test.

It was on Artlist but it was removed. I downloaded it before it was removed and have the full rights to use it.

@@bjornnyland Hi Bjørn, thank you for replying. What a shame that it was removed. I guess I will have to watch your videos a bit more often then :-).

@Bjørn Nyland I'm not very familiar with WhatsApp. No idea what this means...

@@BjrnRuthberg pretty sure it's spam

I would also love to have more info on Adaptive Cruise and Lane keep assist. For us those functions are very important if/when we are buying our second EV. Other then that, great video.

@@mattiasm1946 I tested the iX3 myself today. I SO wanted to hate it, but no such luck. It lacks a frunk, 4WD and has a transmission tunnel that effectively makes the middle seat in the back rather useless for an adult person. But otherwise it's just a great car. About the ACC: It's good. Even on the shitty roads around here the self drive function is as good as you can expect. If the road markings are ok, the car will basically drive itself as long as your hands are on the wheel. It shows all the signs, and warns you/breaks if you're about to run a red light. When you drive over the speed limit you get a warning as the HUD displays the speed in red, but it doesn't intervene. Changing lanes while drive assist is on works great. Just activate the turn signal, and once you start change lane the system temporarily deactivates, then reactivate once the lane change is complete. It's just like I want it. When driving with the drive assist you get a notification when the speed limit changes, and if you push the "set"-button, it will set the speed to that limit. It got the speed limits wrong a couple of times due to adjacent roads, but because it doesn't change the speed automatically, that's a minor problem. Didn't experience any ghost breaking.

I’d say it’s better than Tesla AutoPilot. I’m in the process of changing from a Tesla Model 3LR 2019 to an iX3 M-Sport Pro. The Tesla AP has been too temperamental. Also I don’t like how you have to reset it after every lane change whereas on the iX3 it resets itself.

can't take this bmw serious without a huge kidney grille ;-)

@Bjørn Nyland Not on whatsap

2wd can be argued to be safer than 4wd. Statistically, 4wd is bad for safety compared to 2wd.

@@GoldenCroc so far all 2wd EVs that I test in slippery road had rather bad grip due to tork and weight balance , they would not be super safe on snow/wet.This BMW is REar wheel drive if not mistaken which for such a car can be grear on dry roads but not best choice for other type of weather conditions . I saw a review where a guy got surprised by the back sliding in a parking lot due to slippery floor.

@@Watts_is_love That is indeed true, but statistics shows 4wd is even worse, just because it got better grip. This makes people overestimate the grip level of the surface, leading to higher speed accidents. The safest is fwd, then rwd, then last 4wd according to statistics. Its a bit counterintuitive if one is not well versed in vehicles, but the numbers are clear, however they are mostly based on ICE vehicles, yes.

@@GoldenCroc good to know. I have EV since one year and i notices that I drive much more relax and safer . Also noticed than most Other EV driver are also doing so , i wouldn’t be surprise all type of EV are having less accident than ICE véhicules.

worry more about tyres than transmission. if you live somewhere snowy a 2WD with winter tyres bears a 4WD with summer tyres as soon as you need to brake or steer. and chains beat even that. but: chains destroy allows weeks and with an RWD you might need them for steering as well as the drive wheels. i've only ever used chains on front wheel drive passat, so can't assess there. tip for anyone ever visiting the US: car shops generally sell chains on. "refund if unused" basis, so if you are renting a car for a ski trip, buy them and then return them rather than pay hertz.

Teslas Charing Network ist already outdated because of the slow speed when u have to share.

Its designed in the EU, Not build. But thats the important Part.

@Bjørn Nyland Hi Björn, a number from Atlanta Georgia?

"Improvement" has something to do with objectiveness. Your lamenting about issues of your personal taste.

@@outdoorolli5754 that would be the case if im only talking about design and they used the same interior design in their new cars, which they are not. As i said in 2019 they introduced a new generation of design and *tech* . The ix3 doesn‘t even have “Hey BMW” assistant and the software on the infotainment screen is last gen as well. Its not a matter of taste at this point, their tech is literally last generation which will not change for the next 4 years. Imagine this infotainment and tech in 2025 compared to other BMW’s, let alone Tesla, Mercedes or Audi.

aren't they producerd on the same assably line? I think BMW is also updating the ix3, if not yes that would be really annoying.

​@@tzarcoal1018 Yes, they are produced on the same assembly line, so does the Mercedes EQC and GLC share a factory and still have a different interior & exterior, the Merc EQS and the S-class share an assembly line too, yet both have different platforms. I read in an article that the iX3 will not get a facelift and i believe that as it just came out and the X3 gets a facelift this year. But im happy to be wrong in this case.

Don’t know about the layout as I don’t follow bmw cars but the tech is definitely up to date. Latest os7 and has voice control as well as driver parking and assistance, android and Apple CarPlay, adaptive headlights, reverse assistance etc

Tesla Always Shows customer Prince. BMW Shows list-price. You can always substract 15-20% to get from list price to customer price. Another reason: much better quality with the BMW.

@@R3dL4x 15/20% is quite optimistic.

This is superior to a Tesla. Tesla feels cheap, not luxury

Chinesische Motoren Werke in case you want it precise. ☺️

The pricing is definitly german.

Do they? The stats tell a different story.

I guess in Norway they buy the highly expensive Audi E-Tron, because with the Norwegian tax reduction they can safe most and when they later sell the car outside Norway they can make the highest profit. That's probably also the reason, why preorders for the luxurious BMW iX are extremely high in Norway.

Yes we certainly prefer to have a gigantic ipad stuck in an awkward spot simultanously constricting field of view and robbing driver focus every time it needs to be touched. Sounds brilliant

@@ilcomendante I wonder what you said when the iPhone came out? Just curious.

Since design and engineering has been done by a traditional German carmaker with all it's experience, brand-consciousness and corporate culture, the iX3 for sure is no "expensive chinese EV". What makes it Chinese - or more accurate: Anti-human - is, that its largely produced under the authority of the Chinese dictatorship. Hence every buyer of this car supports the oppression of the Chinese people by the regime in Beijing with several thousand Dollars from taxes generated by BMW-Brilliance, the Chinese manufacturing company of BMW. Therefore every citizen of a democratic country should be aware, that if he or she buy any car, that is made in China, he or she strongly helps to deny freedom and democratic rights from the Chinese people.

China can make high quality cars, especially when German quality control is at work!

does it matter where it's made?... do iphone reviews always say that it's made in China?

@@rj7855, do you think it is proper for a citizen of a democratic country to support a dictatorship by generating taxes for the regime?

@@outdoorolli5754 unfortunately, typing this comment was probably done with ~75% components made in China. You should be aware, that is true.

It's a big No thanks! 👎

It's a super big, no thanks ! Ev buyers should be considering the big picture and not just $$$$$$.

All models from X3-X7 have been manufactured in the US since YEARS. Have you ever heard about american quality lately? LOL Get to bed and don’t come up you racist trolls

@@ilcomendante Of course ppl boycott Chinese products with racist intentions (sarcasm alert), it’s just because they don’t wanna support them commies over there violating human rights on a daily basis (organ harvesting for example)

@@ilcomendante It is not about quality. It is a political statement protecting european manufacturing and saying fuck you to China and their dirty ways in general. People have no issue buying japanese or South korean made cars. I wonder why? Must be a race issue...

what's worse ... the BMW E1 from 1991 already showed a path forward for the BMW look in the EV world. They just need to go back to the roots.

Who cares what you buy - or would like to buy?

@@outdoorolli5754 apparently you did, enough to make a statement about it.

I don’t understand why BWM and Audi are both emulating ICE grills on their electric vehicles.

@@fields1 apparently it was a statement about your bad style on RU-vid.

Nope. We're comparing against other cars and in those runs they didn't have traffic problems. That's why 10:30 is corect.

If it was on the same temeratures like most other cars tested, it could have been 10 hours.

You will, ask a dealer